Assessing the drivers of wasting among children under 5 and their mothers in the Bay and Hiran regions of Somalia

Study assessed the drivers of wasting among children under and mothers.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Published: 29 January 2026

• Country: Somalia
• Document Type: Journal Article
• Theme: Health
• First published: 23 February 2025
• Authors: Grounds, S.

Abstract

This study assessed the drivers of wasting among children under 5 (CU5) and mothers in Somalia’s Bay and Hiran regions to inform strategies to address wasting.

This work is part of the Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises (R2HC) programme.

Citation

Grounds S and others. ‘Assessing the drivers of wasting among children under 5 and their mothers in the Bay and Hiran regions of Somalia’, 2025 Pre-print

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Assessing the drivers of wasting among children under 5 and their mothers in the Bay and Hiran regions of Somalia

Published 29 January 2026